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Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman says he's always open to finding the right medium for his stories.
Fans of his writing have gotten to enjoy it in novels, short stories, even episodes of "Doctor Who." But Gaiman's latest story, he says, "didn't really feel like a novel. It felt like something you would have to experience yourself."
Enter collaborators The Odd Gentlemen and Moonshark, and Gaiman is set to release his first-ever video game: Wayward Manor, set to come out this fall. Here's the description from Gaiman's website:
Wayward Manor is a puzzle/adventure game hybrid that invites players to solve the mysteries of the mansion any way they choose. You play as a disgruntled ghost, trying to reclaim your house from its newfound owners. This dysfunctional family of misfits and eccentrics have stifled your power and brought their own abysmal possessions into your humble abode. Each level is a playground for scares where players absorb fear to take back control of the room. If you want free reign over your mansion once again, you must uncover their deepest anxieties and drive them mad with fear using your wits and their hideous belongings.
Gaiman says he chose to partner with The Odd Gentlemen indie video game studio because they had a history of "blending the macabre with the glorious," which was the tone Gaiman wanted for his game. He said he was inspired by movies like "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and the playful way they told dark stories.
He's crowdsourcing funding for Part 1 of the game through the website
whohauntsneil.com. It's similar to the Kickstarter system of rewards: For a $10 contribution, you can get a digital copy of the game, $250 earns you a signed Wayward Manor poster, and 10 people with $10,000 to spare get to have "the single spookiest dinner anybody has ever had" at Los Angeles venue The Magic Castle.
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